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Figarosmom

(10,242 posts) Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:59 AM 16 hrs ago

Wow,when hikers run into a charging wild animal

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Wow,when hikers run into a charging wild animal (Original Post) Figarosmom 16 hrs ago OP

... 2naSalit 15 hrs ago #1

"walk faster please" markie 13 hrs ago #2

As a mom, when I saw those little kids in the same frame as the bear, my blood ran cold. Nope nope nope chia 13 hrs ago #3

Me too. Figarosmom 2 hrs ago #6

I was having lunch on a hiking trail in NY. A rattlesnake came at me. Intractable 2 hrs ago #4

Yeah, I've come across rattlers and water Figarosmom 2 hrs ago #5

I'm guessing that guy came too close to the mountain lion's cubs Skittles 1 hr ago #7

2naSalit

(100,800 posts)

1. ...

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 05:02 AM

15 hrs ago

"Can we play dead now?"

markie

(23,939 posts)

2. "walk faster please"

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:39 AM

13 hrs ago

as a hiker and having been followed by a bear in the Smokies.... I take this stuff seriously, but fun to watch on video

chia

(2,764 posts)

3. As a mom, when I saw those little kids in the same frame as the bear, my blood ran cold. Nope nope nope

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:06 AM

13 hrs ago

Figarosmom

(10,242 posts)

6. Me too.

Reply to chia (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:30 PM

2 hrs ago

Intractable

(1,739 posts)

4. I was having lunch on a hiking trail in NY. A rattlesnake came at me.

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 05:36 PM

2 hrs ago

I heard it before I saw it. I got up and moved fast.

Figarosmom

(10,242 posts)

5. Yeah, I've come across rattlers and water

Reply to Intractable (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:29 PM

2 hrs ago

Moccasins on fishing vacations. And once a copperhead while picking wild blackberries in a big bramble on my greatgrand parents land near Cheat Mountain in West Virginia. That was scary because my Uncle grabbed me and pulled me back real quick and just in time before I would have stepped on it.

Skittles

(170,095 posts)

7. I'm guessing that guy came too close to the mountain lion's cubs

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:00 PM

1 hr ago

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